Tag: staycation singapore
Did you know that Singapore played an important role in Sun Yat Sen’s revolutionary movement in China? I had no clue! I only discovered this over a weekend exploring the Balestier Heritage Trail. Can’t say I’ve had any excuse to visit Balestier before, it’s actually quite interesting if you pay attention. Particularly if you enjoy history and… Continue reading Balestier Heritage Trail Part II: Playing ‘Local Tourist’ Exploring Singapore History
For anyone who is a foodie with a taste for Singaporean dishes, mark the Balestier Heritage Trail on your map of places to go for fatty-bom-bom weekend adventures. As the name suggests, the Balestier heritage trail features a stretch of buildings that have an interesting role in our country’s history — old temples, film studios and traditional… Continue reading Balestier Heritage Trail Part I: Playing ‘Local Tourist’ for a Weekend of Good Food
So you’re the cool kid in an adult body, looking for a staycation with friends in a trendy space that has a splash of colour and modern awesomeness. You respect your elders but you’re not that keen to take their word to stay at the classic hotels that have been around for a while and gained the uncle-and-aunty… Continue reading M Social Singapore, a new Philippe Stark hotel
Would you think this luxurious room amidst such lush greenery is within the Singapore CBD and bustling Chinatown precinct? It’s a little hard to imagine but it does exist. PARKROYAL on Pickering, a PARKROYAL Collection hotel, will surprise you with how green it is – both in terms of planted greenery as well as eco-friendly… Continue reading PARKROYAL on Pickering Review: Stunning Hotel-In-A-Garden Staycation
Check-in over a golden rhino’s back. Get lifted up to your room between two grand tusked elephants. Have dinner under a golden tree, its resplendence fanning out across the ceiling. Sip cocktails face-to-face with a gold monkey as poised as a Pharaoh. Art richly colours every space of Hotel Vagabond, elevating the boutique hotel into an almost theatrical space for… Continue reading Hotel Vagabond Review – Luxury, Art & Rhinoceros
Where to stay in Singapore, you ask? Madly lovely wonderfully awesome Singapore. This city has been blessed with some of the world’s grooviest hotels. I spent a little weekend getaway at Hotel Jen Orchard Gateway, right along Orchard Road. Hotel Jen Orchardgateway is a four star hotel with a funky modern groovy twist to suit the worldly… Continue reading Hotel Review: Groovy Hotel Jen Orchardgateway
I was a little frowny-faced in 2015 when I realized my streak of celebrating my birthday on foreign soil would be broken. With no trips on the horizon, it was then a very welcome treat when The South Beach invited me to stay and check out their new hotel. A Singapore Staycation at a new luxury hotel is a… Continue reading Hotel Review: South Beach, Singapore
Bright, shiny and towering over all the older buildings in the heritage precinct, Singapore’s brand new hotel, The South Beach, opened its doors on 3 September 2015. The first guests checked in that day, the very first to experience a stay in the delightfully contemporary hotel by uber-creative esteemed designer, Philippe Starck. That means curious, colourful, luxurious… Continue reading New Hotel with F1 Singapore Circuit View: The South Beach
Traveling to exotic locales can be fun and exciting, but it can be just as much fun holidaying in your own home town, especially if you only have time for a weekend getaway. Instead of spending half of your short break traveling to and from your destination, have a staycation, scrap the travel time and… Continue reading Singapore Staycation: Where to Stay for a Perfect Staycay Break